narrative poem

they thought I was French
when they took him away
I sat on that bench
he had been my finance

I cried when they took him
to the deep dark place
where he lost limbs
where he lost face

we all lose ourselves down there
were the sun don't shine
they don't care
and it ain't fine
and it ain't fine

I miss him sometimes
when sitting in the park
and I fear the days spent, dimes
nickels, quarters wasted trying to make my mark

I try to show the world
that I'm here for a reason
and that reason will unfurl
rolling out to greet the warmth of the season

and that is why I'm here
and that is why I'm gone
one day spent sitting on a bench
forever in a con

lost

helpless
is what you are
blinded by trees
and a winding path,
that becons

circles
turn you around
spinning so fast
in fear, for all of the
wrong reasons

swirrling features
blend together
in this forest of green
were the river runs slow and steady
and the birds never make a peep

unable to find your way
unable to just simply
turn around
anymore

there's no other way
but to follow the path
deeper
maybe 
one day
if you stop and wait
and listen
someone will come
to get you out

Oh Starry Starry Night

Oh starry starry night, is poem about the painting starry night by van Gogh, and it tells the story of van Gogh's painting through the eyes of a mentally depressed, suicidal woman. In my opinion I feel as though when she wrote this she was empathisising with van Gogh write then.

When van Gogh wrote this, he was in an asylum, and I think that the poet Anne Sexton, felt like she knew his pain; she felt like she knew what he was thinking when he saw those stars, and painted them carefully that night.

She does more then just describe the poem, she goes past that, at first describing what she sees in the poem, she goes past that and describes her reaction to the poem. And she does it with beautiful craft, until your not sure where the painting stops and her own thoughts begin.

"into that rushing beast of the night,   

sucked up by that great dragon, to split   

from my life with no flag,

no belly,

no cry."

 

This is my favorite part of the poem, it is the last stanza, and this is the stanza where her true voice shines through; in fact, if you saw this stanza on its own you probably wouldn't know that it was about Starry Night.

 

The line that confuses me the most is the second. "sucked up by that dragon, to split," and I know that "to split" is not the end of the sentance, but but what I don't understand the dragon. Sure she mention that the night is a beast so we must assume that she is referencing that point, but is it safe to assume that in the nexzt lines she is talking about death, dying alone, and dying painlessly.

As was her death.

Interperating Art

Keith haring is well known for his comic like characters he creates. For my home work, i chose to write about one of my favorite pieces by him.

Observations:
Puzzle like, falling down with confusion. You can't see any true end, it reminds me of find waldo.
Like many of his works this piece is colorless, and like ALL of his other art works it has no shading any where on it. (style choice)
All in the form of simple shapes, contained within a circle.
Confusion, its hard to see what is what in the picture. includes random shapes, that make it harder to see the true shape of the objects in the picture.
The "people " are running in a circle on the inside of the circle.



Inferences:
Mixed and jumbled beyond recognition, complexity mixed with simplicity. (the simplicity of the colors, and the objects on their own, vs. the way they mixed together)
Blends together in a way that sometimes you cannot tell one line from the next.
The people inside the picture seem to not be connected, it is like they are in their own little world that is different then the one of the person next to them.
The dotted lines appear to be roads of a sort.

Interperatation:
The outer circle in my opinion is earths outline, in other words I think that this picture represents the earth.
The people represent people from aoll over the world; their busy lives, and whats indide their crazy minds.
How they can be so close to one another and not know that the other one exists.
I think that the random lines in this picture, represents what s going on in their lives, and whats going on in their heads.
This picture is showing their fears, their likes, and their hates; all in the form of a flat two dimensional colorless picture.

http://oneartworld.com/artists/K/Keith+Haring.html?atab=works&image=60

Keith Haring

Global warming

Global warming comes from almost everything we use, even if is indirect. appliances use fossil fuels, cars do to, the machine that made your blanket, your chair.

When CO2 is released int the environment it gets gets trapped by the atmosphere creating a greenhouse effect; but we have thrown the balance by putting to much CO2 into the air trapping more heat. Temperatures have risen, endangering our planet and organisms that live here.

In order to really change our planet, we must reduce the amount of carbon admissions that are being put into the atmosphere. And is we did this it would be purely beneficial to the United states because this would create more jobs helping our economy while helping our environment

Many people ignore this and believe there isn't anything you can do. What they don't realize is that there is so much you can do, and if everyone took action then we could make a difference in this world. Just changing you light bulbs to florescent could save as much as the exhaust of 10million cars for a year. Recycle, and buy recycled paper to support the recycling market. Less people buy goods made from recycled paper because they are more expensive, but if people bought more recycled goods, they would become cheaper. You can also reuse old containers and buy reusable/metal water bottles.

We need to raise awareness, still some people don't believe in global warming. if the whole world contributed we could make a difference.

http://www.edf.org

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/home.html

picture book research

Recently, the New York state senate voted on a bill to legalize same sex marriage. Unfortunally, this bill did not pass the votes were 38-24 in favor of killing the bill.

Sadly democrat's could not gather enough people to out way the others, and some republicans that would have voted for the bill backed out because they were fearful. New York is now one of the 31 state who have not passed this bill. out of 36 states. this appalls me because there were at least 5 republicans that muttered no while choking back tears, because of publicity.

"I am angry, I'm disappointed, I'm sad, I'm let down, I'm betrayed, but I am not going away." says assemblymen Tom Duane; who sponsored the bill.

But others are also trying to make it and be accepted in society. young LGBT's are being teased and harassed everywhere, but finally there are people standing up for them. the "It gets better project" has quickly made a name for itself. using videos and logs to show gay, lesbian,bisexual, and transgender teens that they are not alone in this, and that it gets better.

Even president Obama has made a video to show his support for the troubled youth. reaching out to LBGT youths. It's time to take action, teens are being abused because of there sexual orientation, because of that teens are committing suicide! This cannot pass the world by, we must show them that, that isn't the only way out,and that it only gets better from there.

there has been news of a new bill that bans the bullying of LGBT kids. this is a serious matter, children and teens have committed suicide because of it.

So many sympathize but cannot do much, take the pledge at itgetsbetterproject.com, to show you care.

http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/blog
http://www.nydailynews.com

today

today the moon
looked like
the smile
the Cheshire cat left behind
because he just
forgot

today the moon
looked like
the quarter of an orange
that a child puts in her mouth
to make her parents
laugh

today the stars
looked like
silver raindrops
falling because
somebody shook them out of the
sky

today the sky
looked like
the sea
foamy and gurgling
because the wind blew so strong
it caught the
waves

today the sky was gray and empty
today the were no stars
today the moon hid
tucked away in a
velvety black blanket